Water system.



1. w. BUTTS;

WATER SYSTEM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21,1913.

Patented Apr. 20', 1915.

Attorneys I 1,1L36A06.

' Be it known that I,

@STTES Pamela;

Jonv WILTBURN BUTTS, or ATLANTA, enoaera;

WATER system..-

necting the pump withithe driving mechanism therefor The invention aims to provide a novel I form of faucet, constituting a sw tch whereby an electrical circuitxmayrbe jopene'd an'd of the piers/2 or .in any other desired man- 5 any desired mannerto the-lower portion of closed. It is within the scope'zof the invem tion. to improve. generally and to "enhance the utilityofpdevices iof that type to which the present invention'apper-tainsL:

With the alfoye' and/other objects .in view which will appear as the description. procoeds, the invention resides in. the-combination and arrangement of parts iandj'in the details of construction hereinafter."described and claimed, it being ilndearstood that chain es inthe precise embodiment oftheinventioai herein disclosed can be made ,with'iri the scope of What'is claimed Without departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a sectional view showing the complete apparatus, the faucet portion thereof being indicated diagraimnatically. Fig; 2 is a vertical section. through the faucet; Fig. 3 is a. horizontal section through the 'faucet Fig. l'isla .vertical sectional 'view showing a modified form of faucet, a portion of the electrical circuit being indicated diagrammatically.

In the accompanying-drawings, the nume'ral 1 indicates a'well or other source of Water supply. Mounted adjacent the well 1 is av supporting structure which may comprise piers 2 having bearings 3 inivhich 1S j ournaled for rotation a drive 4; 'Supported upon a bracket .5 projecting from one nor, is an electrical motor 6. lntermeshing pinions 7 connect the armature shaft of the motor 6 with the drive shaft 4.

Secured to the driveshai't' 4 are grooved pulleys 8 about which are trained 'belts 9, passed around pulleys 10 secured the shaft 11 journaled in bearings 12 carried by a pump 14 locatedin theWQJLL...Theshaft ll S pecification'of ile'tters Yatent'. Patentefi Apr, 20 1915,, Application filed July at, sn t! Serial No. 780,276.

ihcludes a crank 15. which is connected ..with

the plunger. 16 of the pump 14 through the,

instrumentality'of a pitman 17. A. flexible elementls issecuredas indicated M19 to the pump 14 and is carried upwardlyzaround .afpijlley 20 journaled for. rotation on-the driveshaft 19, the free,.depending end of the flexible element 18 carrying a plurality-of individually removable weights 21. i

Vertically disposed pipes 22 and 23 are shown, the pipes'being closed at their upper ends as shown at 24. The pipes 22 and 23 are Imouiited to slidfin collars 25 which may be carried on brackets 26 connected with the piers 2, ors'izpported in any other suitable manner. l;he pipe: 22 is provided'with a branch. 27. communicating with the upper .portion of the cylindenof the pump i145.

Projecting from the branch" 27 iszan'inl'et :28 and projecting from theinlet 28 isfs branch 29 which commun cates with the lower-portion of the cylinder: of thepump 14." Projecting from the cylinder of the; pump 14 is a branch pipe 30, communicating with the pipe 23 and extended from the uppeiflportion. of the cylinder of the pump. Another branch 31 projects-from thelower portion of the'cylinder of the pump 14 and communicates with thev lower end of the pipe 23. In the branches 27, 28, 31 and 30, check :valves 32 may be interposed.

Communicating with the pipe 23 is a main 'pipe'33 entering building 34. Atthis point i it may be stated that any number of con nections may be provided, but, .for the sake .of illustration, it will be presupposed that but one building is'supplied,-the foregoing supposition being entertained merely for the purpose of simplifying the drawings: The

main pipe 33 communicates with the faucet 35 indicated diagrammatically in Fig; 1 and shown in detail in FighZfY s i The faucet 35 comprises abody in] which is journaled a valve '37 operated by a handle 38 and rnvided'with a transverse "openingfltl through ivhichwater is adapted lot to pass when the iaucetis open. Secured in the'body 36' of the. faucet is a casing 1:0:

which, as clearly-.l indicated in the drawingsaz is fashioned frominsulating material,

head 41, fashioned tro'm insulatingmaterial,

such as 'fibeig-is'seoforedto the valveifiito-rotzite therewithth'e' lower-portion of the head I 141, (if desired; being journalgql; zlll llhei bgttgmii Y of the casing 40. Extended transversely throughithe insulating head 41 is aconducting bar 42, fashioned from any suitable metal. The casing 40 is equipped with projecting tubular extensions fi into which are threaded screws 44, e aging springs 45 bearing against slidablg mounted brushes 46. The brushes 46" and the conducting bar 42 are located in acominon plane. The brushes 46 are in slidable contact with the terminals of the electrical circuit 47 including the motor 6.

When the valve 37 is rotated by means of the handle 38 so that the opening 39 constitutes a continuation of the bore of the body 36 of the faucet 85, the insulating head 41 is rotated until the ends of the conducting bar 42 are engaged by the brushes 46. The brushes 46 preferably are fashioned. from carbon.

Under the circumstances above pointed out there isestablished, when the faucet 35 is opened, to permit the passage of water therethrough, a closed electrical circuit comprising the motor 6, the circuit wire 47, the .brushes 46 and the conducting bar 42.

Y Thus, the motor 6 will be put into operation. When, as shown in Fig. 2, the faucet is closed to shut 0d the flow'of water therethrough, the-brushes 46 are thrust inwardly by the s 1 and engage the insulating head 41. 5 he circuit therefore, is open, and'the motor 6 will not operate. The

- constructionrabove outlined is such that when the fail eti's opened, the motor 6 will -body 48 in which is j with, is an insulat be in operation, ;but, when the faucet is closed, the motontlwill be out of operation. c When themotoi' 6 is putinto operation in the manner above described, the intermeshing pinions- 7 will transmit motion the drive shaft 4, the latter through the pH leys 8 and the belt 9 transmitting motion to the shaft 11, the crank 15 of which, through the medium of the pitman 17 will operate the plunger 16 of the pump 14. The pump is a double acting one, and, when in operation, water. will be drawn inwardly through the inlet '28,. through the branches 27 and 29, the water passing outwardly through the branches 30 and 31 into the pipe 23 and from the pipe 23 by way of the main pipe 33 to the faucet 35.

It is to be observed that the belts,9 not only serve as a. means for actuating the pump 14 but, as well, may constitute the sole means for supporting the pump in the well l. The weights 21 may be increased or decreased in number, thus increasing or decreasing the tension on the flexible element 18, the lower end of which is connected as shown at 19 to the pump 14. The flexible element 18, it will be recalled, passes over the pulley 20 which is journaled on the drive shaft 4, and by decreasing the number of weights 21 the ,tension of the supporting conducting bars 65 and 66. bar 65 is located. in a common unnecessary.

Referring to the modification shown in,- Fig. 4, the faucet is shown as comprising ournaled a valve 49 provided with an operating handle 50, there being an opening 51 in the valve 49. Se: cured, as before, to the lower portion of the body 48 of the'faucet is a casing 52. Lo-

cated in the casing 52 and-connected to the lower end of the valve 49 for rotation thereand 55 are shown, the brushes being controlled by springs 57 and screws 56. From one brush 54 at one side of the casing 52 extends a conductor 58, connected to one side of the motor 59. Extended from the other side of the motor 59 is a conductor 60 which is operatively connected with the brush 55 upon the same side of the casing 52 as the brush 54 referred to specifically. Extended from the other lorush 54 is a conductor 61,

connected to a line conductor 62. The other line conductor is denotediby the numeral 63 and from the conductor 6?),leads a conductor 64 which is connectedto the brush 55 upon the same side of the casing-as the brush 54 Theinsulating body last above referred to. 48 of the valveis provided with a. airof The con lane with the upper brushes 54 and 55 and the lower conducting bar 66 is located in a common plane with the lower bruhes 54 and 55..

generally of certain The construction above described, considered, involves a duplication portions of the structure shown in'Fig. 2, and an extended description is considered When the valve 49 is rota'lnd by-means ng head 53. Brushes 54 ucting of the handle'50 to open the faucet, the

upper conducting bar 65 comesinto contact with the upper'brushes 54 and '55 and the I lower conducting bar 66 comes into contact with the lowerv brushes 54 and 55. Then there is established a circuit comprising the line conductor 62, the conductor 61, one brush 54, conducting bar 65, the opposite brush" 54, the conductor 58, the motor 59, the conductor the lower brush-55, the lower conductirigbar 66, the opposite bru h '55, the conductor 64, and the line'condu tor 63. i

From the foregoing it will e observed that there is provided in this application,a combined faucet and switch which may e used readily pon all commercial voltages on either director alternating current. The parts are so positioned and constructed that commercial voltages may be carried readilyl without effecting an overheating or a crystallization of any of the parts.

Heving thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a thin- Welled cup-like casing fashioned from in- .suieting material and provided with inte- "grelly formed, outstanding tubular exteni0nseninsuiethig head journaled in the casing; a conducting her extended through the head; brushes adapted to engage with the ends of the bar, the brushes being mounted to slide in the extensions in direct Contact therewith; springs in the extensions e zidengaging the brushes; edjusting devices JOHN VVILBURN BUTTS.

Witnesses:

J. A. BOUDERVANT, J Y. ABBOTT.

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